Vodafone India today welcomes recent prepaid tariff hikes by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular and indicate that it may follow that same after examine all the offers circle-wise.
In an official media statement Vodafone India said ” We welcome the price rationalization for bonus cards, Special Tariff Vouchers and free minutes from our competitors. We feel these were inevitable given the sharp input and energy price increases in the country.
We are studying these moves individually across all our circles. We are inclined to follow to maintain consistency and competitive position though we haven’t decided on our precise circle-wise moves.”
As earlier we shared on TelecomTalk, Airtel hikes it prepaid tairif by reducing freebies / free minutes and talk time in various STVs and TopUps. However Airtel has clarified that there will be no change in the headline tariff across India’s 22 circles, but the company will cut back on various promotional offers offering free minutes/sms and extra talk time.
Arjun Chandrashekar January 26, 2013 at 3:33 pm
well Go for Aircel instead Right Now I’m in Roaming in ANDHRA Using Karnataka Aircel Sim I’m able To Access Free Internet.
abhay January 26, 2013 at 9:25 am
keep the stv for 30 paisa cal rate upto 35 paisa/month.this wil be afordable for us and wil genrate u some extra revenue for bet er service
Prashoor January 25, 2013 at 5:55 pm
No optimistic views on this price hike…
But are you sure this revenue gathering technique is going to make services better?
Also if they are trying to recover the 3G price payed to Govt., will they cut down the rates to a normalised pattern(Not really low as everybody needs; like 1p/2 sec; 30p/ min etc., but to Re 1/min), which is question for everyone to talk.
If prepaid price hikes are like this, everybody should change to postpaid.
Jithin Johny George January 25, 2013 at 12:13 am
I am sure that the same will happen for data plans also. The advancements in technologies make the cost much higher.. Didn’t get the logic behind that. Call charges may not be an issue. But data charges will really affect students. Am sure !!!
Kaushik Roy January 24, 2013 at 9:18 pm
WHAT THE OPERATORS ARE GETTING BY REDUCING TARIFF TO 1P/2S FROM 2009?
ANSWER IS : LOSS AND ONLY LOSS
FREE OFFERS FOR STARTING MONTH BEING USED BY CUSTOMERS CLEVERLY AND STARTED TO USE METHOD OF USE AND THROW SIMS AT EVERY MONTH
NO SMALL OPERATORS GETTING FIXED CUSTOMERS TO RETAIN THEM
EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR LOWEST OFFERS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
RESULT IS LARGE NUMBER OF INACTIVE SIMS AFTER 1 MONTH OF USE . BEFORE THE LOW TARIFF OFFERS THERE WERE FEW INSTANCES OF CUSTOMERS HOLDING MULTIPLE SIMS.BUT NOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE 25-30 CONNECTION MINIMUM IN HIS NAME, WHICH IS POSSIBLE DUE TO SELLING OF SIMS AT RS 10.THIS RESULTS IN
INCREASE OF LOSSES AND OPERATORS LIKE DOCOMO FEEL THE HEAT BY WAY OF REPORT OF CONTINUED LOSS
BETTER TO GIVE OFFERS AT CONSISTENT RATE OF 30-35 PAISE PER MINUTE AND STOPPING OF 1P/2S PLANS. ONLY RATE OF 1.5P/S MAY BE THERE FOR LOW USERS
FOR GETTING QUALITY SERVICE ONE HAVE TO SHELL SOME BUCKS IN NAME OF SPECIAL TARIFF VOUCHER RANGING MAXIMUM TO RS 50 PER MONTH
Fahad January 24, 2013 at 8:13 pm
At times I feel like , The world should’ve ended last year :p
Prithvi January 24, 2013 at 7:52 pm
This price hike is to recover the loss faced by them in 3G & new 2G auctions and it’ll take ‘em at least two years or more considering the recessionary trends to lower the tariffs again. This will in turn affect the tariff rates for LTE too and judging by Airtel’s “high” rates for LTE plans today, LTE too will take another 3 years or more to even start looking every bit reasonable but till that time the brunt of the missed-call from Manmohan Singh & P. Chidambarm on badly managed 2G auctions is to be borne by us – the subscribers. Show your disgust during elections is all I can say.
Nikhil January 24, 2013 at 10:33 am
I am subscriber of Vodafone from last 5 years. Now its time to good bye and port to other operator.
S.Sudhakar January 24, 2013 at 2:58 pm
All operators are increasing the tariffs. Which operator you have decided to port in?. LOL LOL LOL.
S.Sudhakar January 24, 2013 at 9:01 am
I think the mobile manufacturing biggies Nokia and Samsung will suffer because of sales drop which is related to increasing call rate. So I think they must show their opposition and make the operators to lower the tariffs in the booster packs as it was in 2010 (low).
Dr. Venkat January 24, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Gud idea.
Sunil Yadav January 24, 2013 at 8:36 am
yaar missed calls se bahut dukhi hota hun ish par bhi charge laga do………
1Rs./missed call
rajiev January 24, 2013 at 11:02 am
lolz!
Pavan January 24, 2013 at 4:19 am
Yes that’s right. Atleast then some people stop unnecessary calls for instance a person keeps talking in a bus for a longer time. Also some wrong numbers which keep disturbing will stop.
drkavint January 24, 2013 at 1:06 am
i dont know why people cry for call rate hike
in 2000~year calls were rs.2/minute std 3/min, coffee was rs.3 my salary 5,000,my phone bill 220(airtel).with 50 local minutes free/month
in 2010calls were 20p/minute std 30/min, coffee was rs.10,my salary 35,000 my phone bill 280(vodafone)with 600 national minutes free/month
atleast hope that in 2015calls were 5 rs/minute but coffee will be rs.10
people never cry for increase in food price but foul cry for telecom
you expect to get good salary,good service but dont want to pay for it…
i too oppose steep hike but marginal hike with free roaming and cancellation of blackout days is good..with so much of labour problem skilled&unskilled not available …increase in electricity, disel,tower rental..cant expect them to be cheap and free…
srikapardhi January 24, 2013 at 6:16 am
Agree with your views and opinion.
Arif January 24, 2013 at 8:12 am
Yes I agree with you.
Industry is facing labor problem. Actually people don’t want to work properly, just playing politics etc. Instead of doing own work people more interested in others work and how to put own work to others. And that’s the reason most of company is not able to progress in fast pace.
Dr. Venkat AP January 24, 2013 at 9:46 am
Well said. i agree with you.
Ashish January 24, 2013 at 10:32 am
well said…telecom required revenue for provide good service……
MA January 24, 2013 at 11:43 am
+1
KAPIL K. DEV January 24, 2013 at 12:23 am
Surely expected news after the 2G supreme court order, new entrants licenses are cancelled and service shut down, old players joined to a mafia, now the customers should suffer.
sahil January 24, 2013 at 12:18 am
That way we are going in the era where Rs. 10 for a single call minute . We are going backward .
Sayantan January 24, 2013 at 12:02 am
Very good move.really great.cheap is bad.very very happy.now we can expect very good quality from already good operators like Vodafone.
shanoj January 23, 2013 at 10:28 pm
thanks to our minister kapil sibalji…you are really great..
DB January 23, 2013 at 11:38 pm
+1 – LONG LIVE KAPIL SIBAL — waiting for FREE ROAMING
vsk January 23, 2013 at 10:23 pm
vodafone doesnt know what customers actually want..its plans are not attractive…..no offer..no attractive tarriff plans..the only advantage is gud coverage..actually 2g scam is lost for the odinary customers in india..bcz all the new companies (with attractive tariff ) stop services..so it only give benefits to companies like vodafone,,idea,, and airtel..they increase charges on their wish..best choose bsnl.
drkavint January 24, 2013 at 12:49 am
iam vodafone customer past4 years …best plan got all needed…best service…no unwanted call/sms/disturbance….since customers care is charged i get line in seconds no long wait…good call quality less call drops….bill payment is at my doorstep..best coverage..best service..no gprs always edge…
got 3000 national/local sms & 600 national/local minutes & 100 vodafone local minutes at 280rs/month…cannot expect them to give more…be happy with what u have….remember old saying”i cried for new shoes until i saw man with no legs”…
where vodafone lacks is 3g… but i prefer skype videocalls via android…
drkavint January 23, 2013 at 10:00 pm
GOOD MOVE.at least people will stop making useless unwanted calls. especially walking ,riding/driving…
AIRTEL please start charge for making missed call as 30p/call …
DB January 23, 2013 at 11:39 pm
+1 DR KAVINT – we need more FRESH MINDS like yours !!!
Dr.Venkat January 24, 2013 at 9:51 am
+1
abhay January 23, 2013 at 9:06 pm
welcom to 2004..
now use ur 8k handset to listen fm
Saurabh January 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Everything that is going through in telecom sector is neither good for companies nor for customers. Companies should be ready to lose those customers who started using telecom services just because it became so cheap.
Btw AUSPI has released subscriber data for Dec, 2012. Reliance Communications has lost 16,843,544 mainly due to inactive numbers de-activation. But 1.68 crore customersssss. RCOM investors really needs to worry now. Companies is already struggling due to heavy debts and now more than expected inactive subscribers shows company is in big trouble. Tata Docomo also lost more than 3 million subscribers in GSM and CDMA combined.
Rishi Menon January 23, 2013 at 8:10 pm
GREAT NEW’s !
THANKS TO TRAI AND TELECOME MINISTER …
PLEASE MAKE IT 2RS / SECOND & 20Rs / SMS …
THIS ONE IS A GREAT NEW YEAR GIFT …
Arjun Chandrashekar January 23, 2013 at 7:31 pm
Thanks Vodafone Today I’m Porting My Number to Aircel. You Idiot
You Don’t how to Attract Customers
First of All Your Coverage is Better Than Aircel But quality is Very Bad…
SMS Not Get Delivered to Aircel, MTS, Reliance Instantaneously
Good Bye Vodafone
Might Be You Become A History in Indian Telecom Industry
S.Sudhakar January 24, 2013 at 8:56 am
Hey Arjun :
Correct this line from ‘Might Be You Become A History in Indian Telecom Industry’ to ‘Might Be You Become A WORST AND SHAMELESS History in Indian Telecom Industry’.
Well said.
Magneta January 23, 2013 at 6:33 pm
My parent was indicating after 2G scam fall out that by Mar’13 the cost of calls made on mobiles would not be cheaper and most of the gizmos would be used for playing games, cheap quality fotos, listening to MP3 & Radio… so true!!
S.Sudhakar January 24, 2013 at 8:58 am
Ya man. That will be the future of all the multimedia mobiles. Well said. Any how if we have WiFi in our mobile, we can browse using our broadband within our home premises. If necessary we can enable daily packs to access the internet and send SMS. Simple. No need to cry here.
Rajiv January 23, 2013 at 6:18 pm
very bad move. Airtel, Vodafone sucks